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Saturday, August 15, 2015

Build character with basic shapes

Hello everyone. Just started another great course through 'Skillshare'. Called 'Build a fantasy character with a shape language' by Brian Shepard. So recommend it.Skillshare is an online education portal that offers many courses which you have access to by paying a monthly subscription fee. Well worth it. Find it here SkillshareI had only recently finished up a course there by Patrick Brown (amazing artist). Find my finished art piece here (star wars fan art).PareidoliaPareidolia what? Yes, thats what I thought at first glance too. Actually I had to wiki it to get my head around it. Very cool concept. Basically you as an artist take very basic primitive shapes like the square, circle or triangle and arrange it in such a way that you can create a pattern. That pattern may hopefully look like a face. Look at that wall plug socket in your home. Kinda looks like a face aye?Circle equals nice guy and triangle, the antagonistAll rules are made to be messed up somewhat. But a general rule is that a character that is more generous in the round department is going to be nice. Jolly and worth a hug or too. The angular. Well they are something again. Little edgy (hehe) and more dangerous.I experimented with these concepts (as above image) to develop some basic ideas. I worked within Illustrator CS3 which lends well to manipulating and arranging shapes into pleasing compositions.

Next post will be some more developments of a chosen character with three 'keywords' to help create the personality.Take care and thanks for visiting.

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Thank you for visiting. This blog is an ongoing account of my efforts to becoming a better artist and human being. I am currently enrolled with the super fantastic Oatley Academy online art school. My hopes are to one day produce content that will tell great stories with great art. I love my wife, God and am partial to a good mexican burrito or churro. Enjoy!!!